Re: [PATCH v2] infiniband: remove WARN that is not kernel bug

Miroslav Benes
2016-11-21T10:25:46Z

On Mon, 21 Nov 2016, Dmitry Vyukov wrote:

> WARNINGs mean kernel bugs.
> The one in ucma_write() points to user programming error
> or a malicious attempt. This is not a kernel bug, remove it.
>
> BUG/WARNs that are not kernel bugs hinder automated testing effots.
>
> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@google.com>
> Cc: Doug Ledford <dledford@redhat.com>
> Cc: Sean Hefty <sean.hefty@intel.com>
> Cc: Hal Rosenstock <hal.rosenstock@gmail.com>
> Cc: Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org>
> Cc: linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org
> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> Cc: syzkaller@googlegroups.com
>
> ---
> Changes since v1:
> - added printk_once
> ---
> drivers/infiniband/core/ucma.c | 5 ++++-
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/ucma.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/ucma.c
> index 9520154..405d0ce 100644
> --- a/drivers/infiniband/core/ucma.c
> +++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/ucma.c
> @@ -1584,8 +1584,11 @@ static ssize_t ucma_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *buf,
> struct rdma_ucm_cmd_hdr hdr;
> ssize_t ret;
>
> - if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!ib_safe_file_access(filp)))
> + if (!ib_safe_file_access(filp)) {
> + printk_once("ucma_write: process %d (%s) tried to do something hinky\n",
> + task_tgid_vnr(current), current->comm);
> return -EACCES;
> + }
>
> if (len < sizeof(hdr))
> return -EINVAL;

FWIW, WARN_ON_ONCE came with commit e6bd18f57aad ("IB/security: Restrict
use of the write() interface"). Would it make sense to change the other
places as well?

Regards,
Miroslav